Dispensing attachment for barrels



y 1950 .1. M. COLANTQ 2,509,962

DISPENSING ATTACHMENT FOR BARRELS Filed April 25, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 g' /6 20 ll I IN VEN TOR. fademmzfohnio" May 30, 1950 J. M. COLANTO DISPENSING ATTACHMENT FOR BARRELS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 25, 1947 Patented May 30, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

3 Claims.

This invention relates to dispensing attachments for barrels containing liquids and having an outlet valve, and pertains more particularly to devices for opening and closing the valve and for supporting a receptacle at the mouth of the outlet in position to be filled. Although the apparatus herein disclosed is susceptible of a variety of uses, the particular embodiment herein illustrated and described is designed primarily as an attachment for barrels containing range oil and used in the home for supplying fuel to oil burning stoves or ranges.

Such oil barrel reservoirs are normally mounted in horizontal position adjacent the floor, and the outlet valve is disposed in one end of the barrel adjacent the bottom thereof. The operation of the valve in filling a bottle or other receptacle of the type commonly used as the immediate supply reservoir for range burners thus necessitates that the householder bend over to open the valve and hold the bottle below the dispensing spout or outlet of the barrel. The filling of the bottle is not only tiresome and inconvenient, but also involves the likelihood that the oil will spill or that the bottle will slip from the hand and break on the floor. The principal purpose of the present invention is to provide a dispensing attachment which is mounted at the top of the barrel end and comprises means for mechanically supporting the bottle or other receptacle in position to be filled and means for opening and closing the valve, while the user is standing substantially erect. The oil bottle may accordingly be filled without bending over and it is securely held in filling position so that oil will not spill and so that it cannot fall to the floor.

A recommended embodiment of the invention as applied to a barrel suitable for containing range oil is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it will be understood, as aforesaid, that the attachment herein disclosed is capable of other uses and that the structural details of the attachment may be varied to suit particular purposes without departing from the essence of this invention as defined in the appended claims. In the drawings,

Fig. l is a side elevation of the attachment as applied to the end of an oil barrel, shown partly in section, in position to lift a bottle to be filled from the outlet of the barrel;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the attachment in position to support the bottle with its neck receiving the spout of the outlet;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the valve in open position for filling the bottle;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the apparatus as shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail showing a modifled form of valve handle and a modified mode of connecting the attachment thereto;

Fig. '7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 showing a further modification of the arrangement of the valve handle and its operating mechanism;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view of a modified form of attachment, illustrating lever mechanism for supporting a bottle in the position indicated in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing the lever mechanism in position to support a bottle against the dispensing spout as shown in Figs. 2 or 3.

The attachment herein chosen for the purpose of illustration, is applied to the end of an oil barrel I! mounted on a bracket l2 in horizontal position and having the conventional projecting peripheral lipor flange It to which the attachment is clamped, the barrel having a dispensing spout l4 providing an outlet located near the bottom of the barrel end l5 and provided with a conventional outlet valve. The attachment comprises clamping elements It and H, the former resting upon and projecting beyond the barrel flange l3 and the latter being substantially Z-shaped and fitting beneath the flange and against the barrel end 15, and the two parts being secured onthe flange by a bolt and nut l8 or other suitable fastening.

The clamp or plate member 26 has upstanding flanges l9 apertured to receive pivot members 2!! and 2! respectively. A bottle lifting lever 22 is carried by the pivot 2| and is associated with a lock member 23 carried by the pivot 20. Lever 22 carries a slotted guide and latch member 24 receiving the lock member 23 and adapted to engage in a notch 25 of said member when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

A valve operating lever 26 is also mounted on the pivot 2| and normally projects in a horizontal direction from the clamp member IS. The lever 22 and its associated arm or stop member 23 normally extend in an inclined upward p0 sition as shown in Fig. l.

The bottle lifting lever 22 has a bracket 2'! and a chain 28 or other link member is attached to the bracket so that it hangs downwardly adjacent the valve [4. The lower end of the chain is equipped with a hook member 29 orother separable attachment adapted to receive and supa) port the loop or bail 30 which is conventionally afiixed by a ring 3! to the neck of an oil bottle 32 of the type used as a reservoir in an oil stove or range. When the bottle is hooked in position in the normal or inoperative position of the dispensing attachment, the empt bottle is suspended slightly below the outlet nozzle of the valve I t, as shown in Fig. l.

The valve operating lever 26 is connected to the valve handle 38 by a rod or link 34 and a suitable clamp 35 applied to the outer end of the handle 33. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the valve is opened when the handle is depressed. Hence, the lever is manually depressed to open the valve.

Before the lever 26 is thus operated, the bottle is elevated by moving lever 22 to the left (as shown in Figs. 1 to 3) so that the dispensing outlet of the valve is received in the mouth of the bottle as shown in Figs. 2 or 3, whereby the bottle may be filled without spilling the oil. In that position, the lever 22 is locked by engagement of the slotted guide member 24 in the notch 25 ofthe locking arm 23, so that it is not necessary to hold the lever in operative position while the bottle is being filled. The lock is released by squeezing the arm 23 against the lever 22 to release the latch member from notch 25, and the bottle may then be lowered to the position shown in Fig. 1, so that the loop or bail may be released from the book 29 at the convenience of'the user. Lever 22 is held in said position by the engagement therewith of the upper end of the lockingarm 23.

When thebottle is suspended in the position shown in Fig. 2, the valve operating lever 25 is depressed, as aforesaid, to open the valve, as indicated in Fig. 3, the valve being held open until the bottle is filled and then released so that it closes automatically in accordance with the conventional structure of such valves.

The outlet valves with which fuel oil barrels are equipped are normally of three types: the type shown in Fig. 1 in which the valve handle 33 is inclined upwardly toward the barrel end; the type shown in Fig.6 in which the valve is equipped with a handle 35 projecting outwardly over the nozzle as shown in Fig. 6; and the type in which the valve handle 3! extends upwardly from the outlet nozzle, as shown in Fig. l. The operating mechanism for the valve of Fig. 6 is similar to that, of Fig. 1 in that the link 34 is attached by a modified form of clamp 38 to the 7 end of the handle 35. This type of attachment may be employed whether the valve is opened either by lifting or depressing the handle. For operating the valve handle 31 as shown in Fig. '7, the lever 34 is connected to an L-shaped arm the center of which is pivoted to a clamp 39 attachedto the neck of the valve, and the free end of which is attached by a clamp 48 to the free end of the handle 31, so that the latter may be glgpressed by pushing downwardly on the lever Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate a modified form oflock The lock arm may be released by pressing it toward the lever 22 when the bottle is to be lowered, as aforesaid; and the lower end of arm 4! engages the member 44 at the end of slot :33, to limit outward movement of lever 22 for supporting the bottle in the position of Fig. 1.

Other forms of looking or latching mechanism for the lever 22 and other forms of connecting elements between the lever 34 and the handle of the valve l4 may obviously be employed; and the valve operating lever 26 may have a series of holes 4| inwhich the arm or link 34 may be pivoted, to vary the direction of the force applied to the valve handle when lever 26 is actuated. The length of the chain 28 may also be adjusted by placing the hook 29 in the appropriate link of the chain.

Iclaim:

l. A dispensing attachment for a barrel disposed horizontally and having an outlet adjacent the bottom of one end, said outlet having a valve and valve handle for "controlling the flow oi'liquid from the barrel, the attachment comprising a plate member, means for clamping the plate member to the top of the barrel end so that it extends substantially horizontally beyond said end, a bottle supporting and lifting lever and a valve operating lever, means pivotally connecting both of. said levers to said plate so that the levers swing in parallel plan s, suspension means depending from the bottle lever for engaging and supporting a bottle below the barrel outlet and for lifting the bottle to receive the spout of the outlet in its mouth'when said lever is actuated, alocl-ring arm associated with the bottle lever for holding saidlever in position to support the bottle below the outlet and also for latching the lever in position to support the bottlefmouth against the outlet, a link carried by the valve lever, and means attaching said link to the valve handle.

2. A. dispensing attachment for a barrel disposed horizontally and having an outlet adjacent the bottom of one end, said outlet having a valve and valve handle for controlling the flow of liquid from the barrel, the attachment comprising a plate member, means for clamping the plate member to the top of the barrel end so that it extends substantially horizontally beyond said end,- a bottle supporting and lifting lever, means pivotally connecting said lever to said plate, suspension means depending from the bottle lever for engaging and supporting a bottle below the barrel outlet and for lifting the bottle to receive the spout of the outlet in its mouth when said lever is actuated, a locking arm associated with the bottle lever for holding said lever in position to support the bottle below the outlet and also for latching the lever in position to support the bottle mouth against the outlet, said locking arm being pivoted to said plate and having a notch in one side thereof, and said bottle lever having a latch member receiving the locking arm and engageable in said notch.

3. A dispensing attachment for a barrel disposed horizontally and having an outlet adjacent the bottom of one end, said outlet having a valve and valve handle for controlling the flow of liquid fromthe barrel, the attachment com prising a plate member, means for clamping the plate member to the top of the barrel end so that it extends substantially horizontally beyond said end, a bottle supporting and lifting lever, means pivotally connecting said lever to said plate, suspension means depending from the bottle lever for engaging and supporting a bottle mote from the lever pivot, said plate having a slot receiving the end of said locking arm, and said arm having a, notch engageable with the plate at the end of said slot in one position of in position to support the bottle below the outlet 5 said lever.

and also for latching the lever in position to support the bottle mouth against the outlet, said locking arm being pivoted to said bottle lever re- JOSEPH M. COLANTO.

No references cited. 

